[
  {
    "word": "shut",
    "phonetic": "/\u0283\u028ct/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u0283\u028ct/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/shut-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1157681",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Closed, shut.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Narrow; confined.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a close alley; close quarters"
          },
          {
            "definition": "At a little distance; near.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Is your house close?"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Intimate; well-loved.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He is a close friend."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(Ireland, England, Scotland) Hot, humid, with no wind.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(of a vowel) Articulated with the tongue body relatively close to the hard palate.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Strictly confined; carefully guarded.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a close prisoner"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Out of the way of observation; secluded; secret; hidden.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a close contest"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Short.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to cut grass or hair close"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Dense; solid; compact.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Concise; to the point.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "close reasoning"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Difficult to obtain.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Money is close."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Parsimonious; stingy.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a close translation"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The patient was kept under close observation."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Marked, evident.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "high",
          "close by",
          "near",
          "nearby",
          "muggy",
          "oppressive",
          "intimate"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "open",
          "distant",
          "far",
          "far off",
          "faraway",
          "remote",
          "aloof",
          "cool",
          "distant"
        ]
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "The act or time of shutting; close.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "the shut of a door"
          },
          {
            "definition": "A door or cover; a shutter.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The line or place where two pieces of metal are welded together.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To close, to stop from being open.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Please shut the door."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To close, to stop being open.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "If you wait too long, the automatic door will shut."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To close a business temporarily, or (of a business) to be closed.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The pharmacy is shut on Sunday."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To confine in an enclosed area.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I shut the cat in the kitchen before going out."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To catch or snag in the act of shutting something.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He's just shut his finger in the door."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To preclude; to exclude; to bar out.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Closed.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "A shut door barred our way into the house."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/close",
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shut"
    ]
  },
  {
    "word": "shut",
    "phonetic": "/\u0283\u028ct/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u0283\u028ct/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/shut-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1157681",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A narrow alley or passage acting as a short cut through the buildings between two streets.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shut"
    ]
  }
]